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Republican Thought Police 0
If you don’t like history, well, just apply a little white out.
Outing the Quackery 0
Farron discusses a study that–er–casts doubt on RFK Jr.’s claim that Tylenol is somehow magically linked to autism.
The Conflicted 0
Via the Las Vegas Sun, Anita Chabria argues that MAGA Republicans are facing a quandary.
They are having trouble agreeing about who to hate.
Here’s a brief excerpt (emphasis added); follow the link for context.
It comes amid the first real rebellion about rampant and increasingly open antisemitism within the MAGAverse, creating a massive rift between traditional conservatives and a younger, rabidly anti-Jewish contingent called groypers whose leader, Nick Fuentes, recently posted that he is “team Hitler.”
Turns out, when you cultivate a political movement based on hate, at some point the hate is uncontrollable. In fact, that hate needs to be fed to maintain power — even if it means feasting on its own.
The Trumpled Enemies List 0
Michael in Norfolk explains how to make the cut:
Follow the link for more.
The Rule of Lawless 0
David dissects the implications of Trump’s preemptive pardons of persons who tried to undermine the 2020 election on his behalf.
Artificial? Yes. Intelligent? Not So Much. 0
Taking us down a rabbit hole? Paula Fontenelle, writing at Psychology Today Blogs, tells the story of one man’s descent. Here’s a tiny bit (emphasis added):
Eventually, he realized that he’d lost touch with reality. You might be asking: How? Well, here’s the strange twist. He pasted part of the conversation into Gemini, Google’s chatbot, and Gemini said it was all a fabricated fiction. Nothing they had produced would ever work in the real world. So, one chatbot debunked another.
“An Armed Society Is a Polite Society” 0
One more time, “responsible gun owner” is an oxymoron (sort of like the title of this series of posts).
She told detectives she woke up the next morning, bought groceries and alcohol, and started making breakfast in the kitchen when she heard a loud “pop” from the living room.
According to the arrest report, Bright was outside grilling at the time but heard the “pop” too.
That’s when the parents realized the twin boys were shot and rushed them to the hospital.
Stray Thought, Veterans’ Day Edition 0
We’re doing it wrong if military families need SNAP in order to afford food.
Ruining the Government Like a Business 0
As I’ve mentioned before, the business of America is giving America the business.
